Sign ups for new Dublin affordable homes coming soon

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Carpenters Ken Almendarez, left, of Concord, and his brother Alex Almendarez, of Martinez, work on a one of Eden Housing's Emerald Vista affordable housing project in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The private non-profit partnered with KB Homes last year to build 180 apartments, including 50 units designated for seniors. KB Homes will also be building market rate homes at the mixed-income housing project. (Doug Duran/Staff)

One of the many houses being build at Eden Housing's Emerald Vista affordable housing project in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The private non-profit partnered with KB Homes last year to build 180 apartments, including 50 units designated for seniors. KB Homes will also be building market rate homes at the mixed-income housing project. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Two of the apartments being build at Eden Housing's Emerald Vista affordable housing project in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The private non-profit partnered with KB Homes last year to build 180 apartments, including 50 units designated for seniors. KB Homes will also be building market rate homes at the mixed-income housing project. (Doug Duran/Staff)

Construction worker Luciano Bermudez, of Redwood City, cleans the front steps of one of the market rate condominiums built by KB Homes at the mixed-income Emerald Vista housing project in Dublin, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Along with the market rate homes, KB Homes partnered with Eden Housing, a private non-profit, to build 180 affordable housing apartments, including 50 units designated for seniors. (Doug Duran/Staff)

DUBLIN — A housing development with one of the largest mix of affordable rentals and for-sale units in the Bay Area is on schedule to debut to Tri-Valley and Dublin residents in January 2013.

Eden Housing and KB Home broke ground on Emerald Vista, a mix of 180 affordable rental apartment units and 198 market-rate townhomes and single-family homes, in August and the model homes for KB Home are close to completion.

The affordable housing portion being built by Eden Housing is also under construction. It will be a 23-building complex with community and child care buildings and a building for seniors.

Eden Housing, a private nonprofit developer with a number of projects in the Bay Area, is scheduled to have lease sign-up meetings in March. Prospective tenants will be able to get more information about the development and fill out housing applications. The dates, time and locations for the three meetings have not been announced.

“We are right on schedule,” said Kathy Schmidt, Eden Housing’s associate director of real estate development. “This is one of the biggest (projects) that we have done, and believe it is the first one that has the family and senior component.”

The senior portion of the affordable development includes 50 units. The remaining units spread among 20 buildings include one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments designed for families.

KB Home representatives could not be reached for comment. However, according to the company’s website, the developer is offering two different communities at Emerald Vista — Amador Pointe and Crossroads. Amador Pointe offers two- and four-bedroom homes, ranging from 1,800 to 2,100 square feet, while Crossroads has three- and four-bedroom homes with between 1,700 and 2,000 square feet.

The 24-acre project is located on Dougherty Boulevard across the street from Camp Parks and is being built on land that once housed Dublin’s only public housing project, Arroyo Vista. The former 150-unit community was built in 1983 and was owned by Dublin’s now defunct housing authority and managed by the Alameda County Housing Authority.

Talk of redevelopment of the former housing project began in 1993 after Arroyo Vista residents complained about problems with plumbing, windows and roofs. The cost to bring that development up to basic living standards was estimated at $22 million.

The Emerald Vista project took eight years in part because former residents sued Dublin and the county housing authority, alleging the two didn’t follow relocation laws.

A settlement was reached after a two-year court battle in which tenants were given relocation assistance and given first right of return to the new project.

For more information about the affordable housing portion, contact Eden Housing at 510-582-1460. For information on the market-rate homes visit kbhome.com

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